CACERES, a province of Spain, forming, by the division of 1833, the northern half of the old province of Estremadura. It is bounded north by Salamanca and Arvila, east by Toledo and Ciudad-Real, south by Badajos, and west by Portugal, embracing an area of 615 Spanish square leagues. It contains 13 partidos, 226 ayuntamientos, 3 cities, 122 towns, and 100 villages. Pop. (1849) 264,988. See ESTREMADURA.